The measureis the resultof risingAMGsales.In the traditional AMG factory inAffalterbach, the production capacityfor enginesalready has already run to its peak even after being subsequently maximized. Andthesales success oftheAMG’sdemand isonlyincreasing.

ThereforetheproductionofV12 engines will be movedinFebruary 2016to theDaimlerplant inMannheim. As an immediate result, in Affalterbach, the production capacity for the current line-up ofV8 engines is also bound to beexpanded.

Even after its switch to Mannheim, AMG will keep its well-known principle “one man, one engine”, which dictates only oneengineer isresponsible for the assemblyof each block.The signature theblockshows his proud name onthe V12he has helped bring to life.

The facility in Mannheim was officially opened on October 12, 1908 and had witnessed production start-up more than 100 years ago. 70 years ago, the Mannheim was the first plant of Daimler-Benz AG to be liberated, in fact occupied, by the Allies at the end of the Second World War.